Optometrist

Posted 4 days 8 hours ago by Vision Express

Permanent
Full Time
Other
Not Specified, United Kingdom
Job Description
Overview

As an Optometrist at Vision Express, you'll work with world-class technology including automated refraction, non-contact tonometry, automated keratometry, fundus camera, visual field analyser, OCT and automated phoropters.

Our ambition is to help customers See More, Be More by providing eyecare and eyewear solutions. We are part of the EssilorLuxottica family, with over 550 stores across the UK and Ireland.

Responsibilities
  • Test patients' eyes and provide specialist recommendations on appropriate eyecare or eyewear solutions
  • Communicate professional terminology in a way patients can understand
  • Work with store team to deliver excellent customer service
  • Work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment
Candidate profile / Qualifications
  • Experience in testing patients' eyes and giving specialist recommendations
  • Great communication and rapport-building skills
  • Teamwork with store colleagues
  • Ability to handle challenging situations in a fast-paced retail environment
  • Confidence, passion, drive and enthusiasm
Benefits and additional information
  • Sales and performance-based bonus; targeted incentives
  • Private medical cover for you and your family
  • Life assurance - 4x your basic annual salary
  • Free eyewear annually with eligibility from day one
  • Opportunities to get involved in the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation
  • Discounts for friends and family
  • Employee Assistance Program for confidential support
  • Ongoing CPD and personal development opportunities
  • Overtime opportunities paid at 80% of locum rate
  • Access to world-leading technology and great working environments
  • Coverage of professional fees such as GOC and ABDO
  • 33 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, with buy/sell holiday option
  • Flexible health-related benefits such as Health Cash Plan, Additional Life cover, Critical Illness cover and Dental Plan
  • Opportunities to join our company-wide ECP community
  • Flexible lifestyle benefits such as Gymflex, Dining Cards, Discounted Travel Insurance, Experience Days and Cycle to Work Scheme